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Families covered: Walsingham of Scadbury
Sir Richard Walsingham (a temp Edward I who r. 1272-1307) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Sir Richard Walsingham (a temp Edward II who r. 1307-1327) | ||||||||||||||
m. Christian | |||||||||||||||
A. | Thomas Walsingham (a 1326) | ||||||||||||||
i. | Sir Richard Walsingham (a 1338) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Nortoft (dau of Thomas Nortoft) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Richard Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Dalingridg (dau of Sir Thomas Dalingridg) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Thomas Walsingham 'of Chiselhurst' | ||||||||||||||
m. Katherine Belhouse (sister of Sir William Belhouse) | |||||||||||||||
Visitation (Kent, 1574, Walsingham) starts with Aleyn Walsingham, shown as father of ... | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury | ||||||||||||||
According to a web site on Scadbury, either this Thomas or his father bought Scadbury in 1424. | |||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Bame (dau of Thomas Bame or Barne of Kent) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury | ||||||||||||||
m. Constance Dryland (dau of James Dryland of Devington) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | James Walsingham of Scadbury, Sheriff of Kent (b 1462, d 1540) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elianor Writle (dau of Walter Writle or Writtell of Bobbingworth) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Sir Edward or Edmund Walsingham of Scadbury (d 1550, Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
m. Catherine or Elenor Gunter (dau of John Gunter of Chelworth) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury (b 1526, d 15.01.1584) | ||||||||||||||
m. Dorothy Guildford (dau of Sir John Guildford) | |||||||||||||||
Visitation ends with the next generation, identifying the names of the children but naming a spouse only for Mary. The following comes from various web sites. | |||||||||||||||
((i)) | Guildford Walsingham (dvp?) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
m. (27.12.1579) Mary Lennard (m2. Sir Thomas Gresham) | |||||||||||||||
((a)) | Elizabeth Walsingham (coheir) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. John Scrivener of Sibton Abbey (b 1580) | |||||||||||||||
((ii)) | Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury (b 1561/3, d 11.08.1630) | ||||||||||||||
m. Audrey (Etheldreda) Shelton (dau of Sir Ralph Shelton of Norfolk) | |||||||||||||||
((a)) | Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury (b 1600, bur 10.04.1669) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Manwood (bur 24.04.1632, dau of Peter Manwood of Sandwich) | |||||||||||||||
(((1))) | Thomas Walsingham 'of Scadbury and Little Chesterford' (bpt 20.10.1635) | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Howard (dau of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk) | |||||||||||||||
(((A))) | Barbara Walsingham (d 23.11.1723) | ||||||||||||||
m. (before 1685) Henry Browne, 5th Viscount Montagu (b before 1641, d 25.06.1717) | |||||||||||||||
(((B))) | Anne Walsingham (dsp) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. (c02.1676-7) Sir Richard Parsons, 1st Viscount Rosse (d 1702-3) | |||||||||||||||
(((C))) | Elizabeth Walsingham (4th dau) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. (1699) Sir John Osborne, 3rd Bart (dsp 1713) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Elizabeth Bourn (probably not Browne) (d 04.11.1672 (sb 1676?)) | |||||||||||||||
(((2))) | Francis Walsingham (bpt 20.10.1635) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Farley | |||||||||||||||
((b)) | Dorothy Walsingham possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Henry Bokenham of Great Thornham | |||||||||||||||
((iii)) | Katherine Walsingham (b 1559, bur 18.12.1585) dates off a web site | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Thomas Gresley (b 03.11.1552, d 09.1610) | |||||||||||||||
((iv)) | Mary Walsingham (bur 07.06.1634) | ||||||||||||||
m. (c1590) Sir Thomas Pelham, Bart of Langton (b c1540, d 02.12.1624) | |||||||||||||||
((v))+ | other issue - Francis(es), Edward, Anne, Barbara, Freswyde | ||||||||||||||
((B)) | Mary Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
m1. Sir Thomas Bornardiston or Barnardiston of Kedington (d 1551) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Francis Clopton of Kedington (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
((C)) | Alice Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Thomas Saunders of Charlewood | |||||||||||||||
((D)) | Eleanor Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
m. (sp) Edward Baynard of Lackham | |||||||||||||||
((E)) | Katherine Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
Visitation suggests that this was the Katherine who married Sir Thomas Gresley but the dates suggest that it was more likely to have been the Katherine of the next generation, particularly as BP1934 (Gresley) identified the father of that Katherine as Sir Thomas. | |||||||||||||||
(b) | William Walsingham (d c1531) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
William and Joyce are identified by a number of historical as well as genealogical web sites as parents of Sir Francis who is reported as having been born at Scadbury Park and to have been a cousin (some say uncle, which must be wrong) of the Sir Thomas of Scadbury (1561-1630) who was patron of the playwright Christopher Marlowe. | |||||||||||||||
m. Joice Denny (d 1560/1, dau of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State (b c1530, d 06.04.1590) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (01.1562) Anne Barne (d 1564, dau of Sir George Barne, Lord Mayor of London, widow of Alexander Carleill) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (1566) Ursula St. Barbe (dau of Henry (not John) St. Barbe of Ashington) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Frances Walsingham (bur 17.02.1631/2) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Sir Philip Sydney (b 30.11.1554, d 16.10.1586) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (1590) Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (b 19.11.1566, d 25.02.1601) | |||||||||||||||
m3. (before 08.04.1603) Richard de Burgh, 4th Earl of Clanricarde (b c1572, d 12.11.1635) | |||||||||||||||
((B)) | Mary Walsingham probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. Christopher Carleill of London | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | Mary Walsingham (d 16.03.1576) | ||||||||||||||
m. (25.05.1546) Walter Mildmay of Apethorpe (d 11/31.05.1589, Chancellor of the Exchequer) | |||||||||||||||
((3)) | Elizabeth Walsingham (d 1596) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m1. Geffrey Gates | |||||||||||||||
m2. Peter Wentworth | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Catherin Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
m. Richard Bouter of Essex | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Phillipa Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Ballard of Horton | |||||||||||||||
(2)+ | other issue - Osmond, Allen | ||||||||||||||
b. | Osmond Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
(1) | Allice Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
c. | Thomas Walsingham (d 1417) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Surrey, 1530+1572+1623, Walsingham) with a little support from Visitation (Kent, 1574, Walsingham) and some input from various web sites as reported above
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